Chpt. 3
"Mistress Artimis time for bed. Don't forget you have school tomorrow!" Alfred called up the stair case.
"Thanks Alfred!" I called back. I gave out a frustrating sigh as I closed my door and turned off the light.
Darn it! I hate school! It gets in the way of EVERYTHING especially stakeouts! Its not like I wasn't good in school. In fact I was a straight A+ student. I just hated having to go to it. I got my flashlight and stuffed some old sheets under my covers so it would look like I was still in bed. I put on a curly blond wig that looked believable, a black T-shirt, denim shorts, a long brown trench coat, my rollerblade shoes and for the finishing touch big circular glasses. I grabbed my bag of useful things (laptop, pencils, pens, note pad, etc.) and opened the window. I quietly scaled down the stone wall. (It was easy because the rocks jutted outward) On the ground I rollerbladed to the apartment building. I was lucky that it wasn't a far ride.
Once there I figured if Penguin or Thorne would be inside he would most likely be in the basement. I pushed my wheels into my shoes and sneaked around the side of the building. There was a window leading to the basement. I slowly lifted it and gazed in. It was pitched black. I got out my flashlight and shined it through the hole. Cobwebs, spider webs, old boxes, ancient furniture, it looked like nobody been down there in centuries. I was stumped. If penguin or Thorne wasn't in the apartment then where was he? Suddenly it hit me.
He could still be in the wearhouse. Maybe there was an underground hideout that was under the explosion site. That would throw the police off and send them away from the site to other places, letting him do his own thing. Before I left to investigate the wear house again, I checked the tracker on my laptop. Batman was coming right to where I was. If I went to the explosion site he might get suspicious, I mean, who ever saw a young girl heading toward a place that was blown to smithereens? I figured if I went toward my home he would most likely disregard it. There were plenty of places besides my house that were up that way. Ugh! Fine he won this time but tomorrow I will be checking out that explosion site. I thought to myself. Batman really drove me nuts sometimes.